What is bitter sea? bitter gourd juice...... In fact, you don't need to eat, these old masters present can know at a glance.

Zhou Aiguo, this kid seems to have a lot of confidence in himself?

Bitter gourd is a good thing, especially for the comrades who love spicy food, it also has the magical effect of protecting farts and farts, clearing heat and removing fire, dispelling dampness and regulating qi, which can be described as the medicine in the dish and the treasure in the dish.

However, this kind of good food is not something that everyone can enjoy, because this dish has a bitter taste, and it is especially difficult to match with other ingredients perfectly, even for the most advanced chefs.

Generally, chefs make bitter gourd at a feast with a big oil and thick flavor, and most of them wait until the guests eat spicy and salty, and it is best to have just tasted the famous dessert such as pumpkin porridge with eight treasure rice, and there are various aftertastes in the mouth before serving this dish.

At that time, the bitter taste will be washed away by the various thick flavors in the eater's mouth, and it will play a role in clearing the mouth. If the timing is mastered well, it is the finishing touch, and if it is not mastered well, it is a snake to add to the picture, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a taboo dish for diligence.

Like Zhou Aiguo, the first dish uses bitter gourd as the main ingredient, and it also has a very eye-catching name called 'Cihang Pudu', which is really the first time you have seen it.

What kind of occasion is this? Not to mention the presence of Zhou Dong, the master, the judges present are also some veterans, and if there is a slight miss, it is not an anti-dog, this kid is commendable!

After Yuan Zidan finished speaking, he scooped a spoonful of bitter gourd juice and put it in his mouth, but he didn't make any comments, just looked at everyone with a smile, looking like that, it didn't seem to be bitter.

Zhou Dong looked at Zhou Aiguo and felt that his students still needed encouragement, so he only opened the tasting skill to the master level, and also took half a spoonful of bitter gourd juice and sent it to his mouth to taste.

If Zhou Aiguo can be flawless under the master-level tasting, then he will be worthy of the identity of a special first-class chef.

"Huh, this sea of bitterness is a little interesting......

After tasting a spoonful of bitter gourd juice, Yi Zhiyu quickly scooped a spoonful and sent it to his mouth, shaking his head and commenting: "Bitter is still bitter, but it is not so domineering and violent, and the aftertaste seems to have a tendency to sweet, but there is no obvious sweetness......

Not bad!

I thought that this kid of yours was just using some 'bitter and sweet' means, although he could barely pass it, but it was a little worse than the artistic conception of this Cihang Pudu, and now it seems that your kid's request is not small?

Honestly, how did you kid do that?"

Zhou Aiguo's own talent is not low, after worshipping Zhou Dong as a teacher, under the influence of the aura behind the scenes, no matter the talent and understanding, there is a passive bonus, plus this time in Kyoto to broaden his horizons, feast on food, and Yuan Zidan's careful guidance, this Cihang Pudu is remarkable, and even Yi Zhiyu couldn't guess the mystery for a while.

Huang Mingju smiled and said, "What's the matter, Lao Yi, a young man passed the test for you, shouldn't this be?"

Yi Zhiyu glared at him fiercely: "Do you know that you said that I will listen?"

"Haha, there are masters here, why do you and me need to show off?"

Huang Mingju glanced at Cai Chongjiu and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Senior Cai is a serious ancient diligent inheritance, and he is also the recognized god of kitchen and food in Xiangjiang, so why don't you invite Senior Cai to taste?"

In fact, he and Yi Zhiyu are also top figures among foodies, and it may not be possible to say that they can't eat the mystery of this bitter gourd juice at all, but they are not 100% sure, for fear of being embarrassed by the mistake.

Cai Chongjiu was known as the god of Xiangjiang cuisine, and because of special historical and geographical reasons, Xiangjiang is also the capital of food that integrates the cuisine of the north and the south.

Coupled with the senior surnamed Cai, even Zhou Dong, who is faintly the head of the Chinese god chef, is a little inferior in terms of qualifications; and Cai Chongjiu has not been out of the mountain for many years, but now he is willing to be invited to be a judge, God knows what his idea?

In case he stood on the standpoint of other cuisines when determining the Chinese national cuisine, then Su cuisine would be passive, so Huang Mingju also had the intention to push Cai Chongjiu to the front of the stage to see how much weight this 'old-timer' who had retired for many years left.

After Zhou Dong drank a spoonful of bitter gourd juice, he glanced at the Great Compassion and Great Compassion in the sea of suffering, but he did not comment on his own students, but also looked at Cai Chongjiu to listen to what he said.

"Hehe, forget about the god of food, the current god of food in Xiangjiang is Cai Bo's merry boy, I won't fight for this name. But since I'm a student of Zhou Shenchu, I'll give you a few comments......"

Cai Chongjiu smiled and glanced at Huang Mingju, since he appeared, these diligent masters representing the major cuisines have been very wrong one by one, why can he not understand? This kid surnamed Huang actually took the initiative to measure him, it seems that he, the Xiangjiang chef god, has been retired for too long, which has made these contemporary diligent characters lose their awe.

"Well, these days, there are not many people who are willing to work hard to steam and dry, it seems that you have been prepared for a long time, this bitter gourd was prepared early, otherwise the time to prepare the dishes just now is not enough?

Very ingenious technique, to penetrate the sweetness in the bitter gourd, but also to do just the trend of sweetness, not to let people eat obvious sweetness, no matter with white sugar, rock sugar is not possible, that is called to the minister to bully the king, will spoil the artistic conception of this dish.

Therefore, Aiguo chose to use natural sweetness, rather than coagulation sugar. If my old mouth hadn't been wrong, I think I used pumpkin and honey......"

Zhou Aiguo couldn't help but be stunned, although this dish was created by Yuan Zidan, it is extremely difficult to fully understand and master, it is almost equivalent to a new creation, in order to study this dish, he practiced hard for two weeks in Suiyuan's 'retreat'!

Looking back now, since he worshiped under the knees of the 'teacher', he was like a god when he studied and practiced his cooking skills, and the problems that were difficult to figure out before can now be suddenly clarified, and the basic skills have also improved very quickly, but when he encountered this Cihang Pudu, it was as if he had changed back to the silly boy who could only make African clay cakes before, and those two weeks were really hard.

didn't expect Cai Chongjiu to tell the secret of this dish after just eating one or two bites.

"Just now Zhou Shenchu mentioned that he wanted his apprentices to show his sword skills, but in fact, this 'Cihang Pudu' also has some requirements for sword skills.

It is necessary to first use the smallest carving knife to carve a 'thousand miles' inside the pumpkin......"

Cai Chongjiu deliberately paused when he said this, waiting for the judges present to surprise and praise Zhou Aiguo, a newcomer, which can be regarded as a way for him to befriend Zhou Dong.

Sure enough, the old grandmasters present were stunned at first, and then nodded one after another, giving Zhou Aiguo a very high affirmation.

'A knife goes a thousand miles', this is a realm of carving. There is no distance of thousands of miles between the horizontal and vertical quantities of the pumpkin, but what if a zigzag path is carved into the inside of the pumpkin? This path twists and turns, and can turn out countless circles, and this distance is long.

Although thousands of miles is an exaggeration, it can be seen that it is difficult and complicated.

This kind of knife skill is also a very low-key one, unlike the chef who directly carves the dragon and the phoenix, and can surprise and praise the layman on the table.

"Aiguozi first carved a thousand miles in the pumpkin, and then poured the best wild honey from the 'intersection', and waited until the honey filled the whole pumpkin, then steamed the pumpkin, and then dried it naturally, so that the honey and the sweetness of the pumpkin initially blended......"

Cai Chongjiu glanced at Yuan Zidan with a smile and said: "I have long heard that the owner of Suiyuan has a family history, and he often has wonderful ideas in the kitchen, which is really worthy of his reputation."

The ingenuity of this Cihang Pudu design is already so cumbersome when preparing food, and it is not enough to just steam and dry, but also to hang it in a cool well at night, relying on natural shade to ensure quality, and then it will be steamed again on the second day, so that nine times is nine steaming and nine drying, reaching the realm of my chef's extreme complexity and extreme change, am I right?"

Yuan Zidan laughed when he heard this: "Senior Cai's eyes are like torches!"

However, although I created this dish, I hate its cumbersomeness, and I haven't made it a few times by myself, and what really makes it perfect in front of you is the patriotic kid, haha, this apprentice I joined hands with Brother Zhou is very competitive!"

As soon as everyone hears it, you're welcome, we haven't commented on it yet, and you are qualified as perfect?

However, for the sake of Zhou Dong's face, no one raised any objections. Besides, Zhou Aiguo is really rare, not to mention the knife skills of 'Thousand Miles Road', there are still a few chefs who can endure nine steaming and nine drying, not to mention that this is only the stage of preparing dishes.

Lu Zhiwei didn't miss the opportunity to show his sense of existence, and then praised Zhou Aiguo for a few words before saying: "You have spent so much effort to be patriotic, is it to get the honey that has been steamed and dried in the pumpkin?"

"Haha, you're wrong this time......"

Cai Chongjiu laughed when he heard this, looked at Zhou Dong and said, "Brother Zhou, Zhou Shenchu, since you are your apprentice, this secret is still waiting for you to uncover." ”

"Mr. Yuan is really amazing, in fact, I thought that such a cumbersome practice was to finally take honey, but even honey, it can't be 'sweet but not sweet', after careful tasting, I determined that the focus of this dish in the preparation stage is actually pumpkin. ”

Zhou Dong smiled: "After nine steaming and nine drying, in fact, the honey essence has penetrated deep into the pumpkin.

At this time, it should be to pour the bitter gourd juice into the pumpkin and re-steam, so that the pumpkin that has absorbed the essence of honey warms the bitter gourd juice......

However, although 'bitter and sweet' is good, it is not qualified to make this dish 'Cihang Pudu', Mr. Yuan, patriotic, am I right?"

Cai Chongjiu stroked his palms and laughed: "Well said, although it is good to be bitter and sweet, after all, it is still a human affair and manpower can be done!"

However, how can it be so simple if Cihang Pudu is a means of gods and Buddhas? It can be seen that the mystery of this dish is not only in this plate of 'bitter sea'?"

"Patriotic. Zhou Dong nodded to Zhou Aiguo.

Seeing the master looking at him with encouraging eyes, Zhou Aiguo suddenly felt relieved, took a step closer and said: "Seniors, the so-called sea of bitterness is boundless, turning back is the shore, the mystery of this dish is of course in this Guanyin Master of Great Compassion and Compassion!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the Guanyin master standing on the pumpkin boat in the plate with his hand, as if he was magical, white smoke suddenly appeared around the master, and suddenly the entire 'sea of suffering' was enveloped, and when the white fog disappeared, the monk had disappeared, as if the gods and Buddhas had left immediately after manifesting themselves in the world.

More than twenty old grandmasters were all dumbfounded, even Cai Chongjiu didn't expect such a change, and he was a little confused for a while,

Zhou Dong glanced at Yuan Zidan and Zhou Aiguo, and felt a little surprised in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that he accepted Wugong Zhengtian as an apprentice some time ago, and learned about the latest cutting-edge technology in the world's kitchen industry through him, I am afraid that even he would be bluffed.

Of course, if you directly open the legendary-level tasting, even if you don't go through the popular science of Takemiya Zhengtian, Zhou Dong will not be stumped.

Yuan Zidan squeezed his eyes at Zhou Dong, with a smile on his face, but he refused to take the initiative to uncover the mystery, obviously intending to test Zhou Dong, the new chef.

Zhou Dong smiled and nodded: "It turned out to be molecular cuisine...... It is indeed a whimsical idea, and it is also very suitable for this 'Cihang Pudu'.

However, you still have to remember that molecular cuisine, a thing that Westerners have made up after all, is a miracle trick, although it can catch people's attention, in fact, it does not help much to improve basic cooking skills, and there is no problem with using it once in a while and in the right place, but if you are too obsessed with it, it is a chef's taboo.

After all, chefs are cooking, blindly paying attention to physical and chemical changes, and working the surface of the dish, will eventually go astray.

I once said that the left side of the door is also the Great Way, but this kind of cooking is not even the left side of the door, if you are too greedy for it, you will enter the Demon Road......"

Zhou Aiguo's face tightened when he heard this: "Master, I remember." ”

"Well, just remember. In fact, for this dish alone, Mr. Yuan's creativity in using molecular cuisine is still very enviable. ”

Zhou Dong comforted Yuan Zidan before he smiled: "Everyone, the bitter sea on the plate has changed color, you can try it again, I believe there will be new feelings." ”